Apple , the ceaseless copycat , introduced a net ton of new ideas today that were n’t really novel at all . Many companies have made the products and feature Apple showed off today — and now Apple aims to put down them with its own secure versions .
So here is our yearly roundup of the material Apple tried to kill at WWDC . We ’ll have to wait and see which of these actually catches on , but at the very least , the Apple version pose an experiential threat to the competitor .
Every voice assistant
Alexa , Google Now , Cortana — Apple ’s got some competition when it comes to smart assistants . Apple ’s offering , Siri , has always been just a little bite dumber than the repose .
Today , Siri lead a major step forwardwith two long - overdue developments . First , Siri is come to your background via MacOS , with hunt functionality much like what you get from Microsoft ’s Cortana . Second , Apple ’s opening Siri to developers , so that it ’ll be able to do things like get you an Uber .
Spotify
Apple Music was suppose to be a Spotify cause of death , and it just was n’t . It had a bunch of features nobody asked for — beat 1 , Connect — and lacked nerveless things tender by Spotify , like the fabulous Discover Weekly play list . Today , Apple introduceda Discover Weekly clone called , wait for it , Discovery Mix . Hmm , I wonder where they got that idea ?
Samsung’s SmartThings/ Nest
denote two years ago , Apple ’s HomeKit has n’t gotten very far since it launch . It ’s nothing , specially compared to the competition . Samsung ’s SmartThing ’s political platform is by far the most robust smart abode ecosystem out there — it ’s full of slews of fun gadgets that process with it . And despite itsrecent problem , Google ’s Nest products are quite pop , too .
Apple ’s new Home appis the missing piece that could take HomeKit to primetime . The app allows you to monitor and command your many smart devices from a central hub . There ’s some smart automation features as well as all - crucial Siri desegregation . It ’s candidly incredible that anyone bothered to develop for HomeKit before this survive .
PayPal
Many citizenry already use Apple Pay , but NFC defrayment remain an elusive toilet facility that does n’t necessarily make sense for most . But now that Apple Pay is coming to the web , it ’s in reality a slick service of process you might need to sign up for .
The demo of this functionality today was quite impressive . When you ’re at the checkout counter screen for a particular transaction , you but click the “ Pay with Apple Pay ” icon , which appears much the room a PayPal icon might . To authorise the transaction , just use your fingerprint sensor on your phone . So unsubdivided .
Google Maps
Apple Maps still exists , and it is still miserably deficient to Google Maps . But that has n’t stopped Apple from introducing payload of fresh features in hope that it might give the old Googs a run . In particular , Apple is open up the product to developer so that you ’ll be capable to do things like make reservation at a eatery or order a car using third - party apps .
What else did Apple attempt to beat ? Let us have sex below .
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